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Olaf SimonseFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
- Olaf van Raalte
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Olaf DekkersFaculty of Medicine
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Olaf van TolISSC
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Olaf Niels de GreeffFaculty of Humanities
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Olaf van Vliet
Olaf van Vliet is Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics and at the Institute of Public Administration, Leiden University. He is also Head of the Department of Economics.
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Olaf van Vliet in FD on employers’ parental support
In order to attract and retain new talent, employers in the Zuidas business district of Amsterdam are increasing their support offered to parents and expectant parents. This includes funding sleep coaches, babysitters and fertility programmes for their staff. Professor of Economics Olaf van Vliet explains…
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Olaf van Vliet on migrant workers and general welfare
What would happen if there were fewer migrant workers in the Netherlands? Olaf van Vliet, Professor of Economics, discussed this question on Dutch news site NU.nl.
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Olaf van Vliet in NRC on shaping labour migration
In Dutch the public arena, there’s talk of curbing labour migration. Which options do the Dutch have? Olaf van Vliet, Professor of Economics at Leiden University, discusses this issue in Dutch daily newspaper NRC.
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Marriage traditions and the stem family in ancient Egypt: a study of marriage contracts, social structure and family life
On Wednesday 11 June 2025 Steffie van Gompel successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.
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Rising staff shortages despite fear of recession – Olaf van Vliet in NRC
Economists are warning for a contraction of the economy during the second half of this year. The United States are already facing a ‘technical recession’: two successive quarters of economic contraction. A recession can lead to a freeze in recruitment and even redundancies. Will employers take precautionary…
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Olaf van Vliet on BNR Nieuwsradio about staff shortages and labour force participation of over 55s
Due to the tightness of the labour market, staff shortages are on the rise in many sectors. One solution often mentioned in the policy debate is that people should work more hours per week; the part-time factor should increase. Another possibility mentioned these days in the United States, is to increase…
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Olaf van Vliet in Intermediair on which jobs are threatened by migration, climate transition and digitalisation
Due to technological change, jobs and professions are constantly changing. For instance, it has long been known that some jobs are becoming redundant due to automation. Digitalisation and the rise of artificial intelligence are more recent developments that affect the labour market.
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Olaf van Vliet on Dutch radio about solving staff shortages: labour migration and other options
Employers are calling on rules to be relaxed on labour migrants from outside the EU as a way of attracting more labour migrants to solve staff shortages. Professor of Economics Olaf van Vliet explains on Dutch radio new programme BNR Nieuwsradio that there are various options to reduce staff shortag…
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Olaf van Vliet discusses rise in self-employment on NU.nl
The number of self-employed people has risen over the past few years. Professor of Economics Olaf van Vliet explains this development in Dutch online newspaper NU.nl.
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Olaf van Vliet in Trouw on temporary extra money to people on social assistance
What would happen if families with little money were to receive an extra amount every month with no conditions attached? Would it help with their worst financial problems? In order to find out, the municipality of Amsterdam will conduct an experiment with 300 families over the next two years. During…
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Only the dead can tell us: on ancestor worship, law, social status and gender norms in Ancient Egypt
On Wednesday 3 July 2024 Renata Schiavo successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.
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The Teaching of Khety and Its Use as an Educational Tool in Ancient Egypt
On Wednesday 23 October 2024 Judith Jurjens successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.
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Towards a historical contextualisation of Ancient Egyptian perspectives of the inner body, sickness, and healing
On Tuesday 30 April 2024 Jonny Russell successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.
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Christopher Green
Christopher Green is a lecturer at the Institute for Area Studies.
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Of marks and meaning : a palaeographic, semiotic-cognitive, and comparative analysis of the identity marks from Deir el-Medina
Kyra van der Moezel defended her thesis on 7 September 2016.
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Rinus Ormeling
Faculty of Humanities
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Judith Jurjens
Judith Jurjens is a researcher at the Institute for Area Studies.
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Channa LiFaculty of Humanities
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AI not to blame for recent wave of layoffs
Dutch companies are cutting jobs at a rapid pace amid reorganisations. Olaf van Vliet, Professor of Economics, spoke with NU.nl about the causes of this wave of layoffs: 'Other factors besides AI seems to be at play.'
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Nico KapteinFaculty of Humanities
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Peter VerhagenFaculty of Humanities
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Ab de Jong
Ab de Jong is Professor of Comparative Religion at the Leiden University Centre for the Study of Religion (LUCSoR), Leiden Institute for Area Studies (LIAS).
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Xiao Luo
Xiao Luo doesn't have a desk at the university. Please send an email if you want to contact her. The above mentioned telephone number is the number of the secretariat.
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Haneen Omari
Haneen Omari is a university lecturer (assistant professor) at the Institute for Area Studies.
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Maghiel van Crevel
Maghiel van Crevel is a professor of Chinese language and literature at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies.
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Francesca Rosati
Francesca Rosati works from abroad. Please send an email if you want to contact her. The above mentioned telephone number is the number of the secretariat.
- Steven Hagers
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Geoffrey Cain
Geoffrey Cain is PhD candidate at LIAS (Institute for Area Studies)
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Daily Records of events in an Ancient Egyptian Artisans'Community'
Irene Morfini defended her thesis on 21 February 2019
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More than people and pots: identity and regionalization in Ancient Egypt during the second intermediate period, ca. 1775-1550 BC
On the 23rd of June Arianna Sacco successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.
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Edegar Da Conceição SavioFaculty of Humanities
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Crewe Williams
Crewe Williams is PhD candidate at LIAS.
- Amirardalan Emami
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Xiong Xiong
Xiong Xiong is a PhD at the Institute for Area Studies.
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Caroline Fernandes Caromano
Caroline Fernandes Caromano is a researcher at the Institute for Area Studies.
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Governance and Global Affairs
Knowledge that benefits society is the domain of the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs (FGGA). FGGA provides high-quality interdisciplinary education on and research into social and governance issues such as terrorism, organisation of public administration, climate change and economic crises.
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